EAN: 9783030022921

SPRINGERBRIEFS IN RELIGIOUS STUDIES THE PROPH...

Bringing together leading scholars in the fields of Religion and Sport  this book examines the
prophetic dimension of sport  to arrive at a better understanding of the nature of sports in
the United States. By detailing and analyzing particular sports  a portrait of sport as an
important space for social and political critique emerges. Sport is indisputably an important
cultural phenomenon in the United States. Each year millions attend sporting events  track the
statistics and lives of sports stars  collect memorabilia  engage in fantasy sports  and play
various sporting games. But increasingly  sport is also a space for public articulations
regarding social and political issues within the United States. What are we to make of these
particular articulations? What do they tell us about the nature of sport in the United States?
How are these social and political critiques formed? Why do sporting voices seem to carry more
weight at this moment in history? Ideally suited for use in undergraduate and graduate courses
this book offers a new way of thinking about the connection between sport and religion in a
secularizing society. By analyzing various sports and particular historical moments  the
chapters supply a unique example of the relevance of sport as it pertains to social and
political critique.

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